Canterbury Trail Rides?

[Kickaha]

Are you not thinking of the Peaks ride when it was super muddy? I have never heard of the Trossachs ride. What do you know about it?

Nope, it says they haven't been there in 7 years, probably because every person going down the hill which fucked me up crashed and didn't want to go back, although after about 375 people crashing they opened the gate at the top and cut that hill out

Pretty sure we accessed it from Inches road on the other side and I was taken out to Virginia road to the Helicopter but my memory could be faulty due to severe trauma suffered on the ride

[diesel pig]

Nope, it says they haven't been there in 7 years, probably because every person going down the hill which fucked me up crashed and didn't want to go back, although after about 375 people crashing they opened the gate at the top and cut that hill out

Pretty sure we accessed it from Inches road on the other side and I was taken out to Virginia road to the Helicopter but my memory could be faulty due to severe trauma suffered on the ride

That was a very weird day for me. I was a bit late getting away for that lap and Wal's faster than me on a dirt bike, so by the time I got to that hill the cut out was already in place. So I heard all about Wal second hand in the pits by my van. All the accounts I was told were all over the place. At the end of the day I did not know if he was just a bit banged up or near dead.

[dangerous]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrQnlZOwEws

the back yard... last saturday
at 3min in catch up
3:50 get told
4:55 stuck toyota
6:56 fucked up
7:48 fucked up again
12:50 wife and dogs
13:02 come on old man
18:27 boy crashes
18:48 old man rosters laughing
19:07 karma
21:47 drag race to the end

[SVboy]

I am afraid I was less than impressed with the Balmoral ride. Windy as fuck[Not Grenville's fault]-blew me off the track at one stage. Had to bulldog down a hill, using the bike as support against the wind! But a boring rocky set of farm tracks inho. I did a couple of enduros, which were ok. I did avoid the gnarly hillclimbs tbh, as they are not a strong point, but overall, not impressed. One lap and done. Won't be back.

[Kickaha]

I am afraid I was less than impressed with the Balmoral ride. Windy as fuck[Not Grenville's fault]-blew me off the track at one stage. Had to bulldog down a hill, using the bike as support against the wind! But a boring rocky set of farm tracks inho. I did a couple of enduros, which were ok. I did avoid the gnarly hillclimbs tbh, as they are not a strong point, but overall, not impressed. One lap and done. Won't be back.

Glad I didn't go then, friend of mine went, took his daughter and one of her friends, all 3 are novices to trail rides and they did 2 x novice loop and loved it

[dangerous]

does... anyone have info on this ride next month, good bad or other wise... or is it a first? Kaituna hills

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[Kickaha]

does... anyone have info on this ride next month, good bad or other wise... or is it a first? Kaituna hills

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Before Birdlings flat, not a bad ride, easyish terrain, good views over Lake Ellesmere and the coast, I don't think they were very long laps

[SVboy]

does... anyone have info on this ride next month, good bad or other wise... or is it a first? Kaituna hills

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What Kickaha said. Go for the views, fairly basic track.

[dangerous]

fuck sakes... first time over the handle bars since I was 6... then I ran the fucking dog over on returning home...

[Kickaha]

fuck sakes... first time over the handle bars since I was 6... then I ran the fucking dog over on returning home...
Serves you both right for riding that filthy four stroke

[dangerous]

FFS... who gave the bor a gopro...

video available, but no laughing

[husaberg]

FFS... who gave the bor a gopro...

video available, but no laughing


Whats up with the colour why is it not green and lush like the WC?:msn-wink:

[SVboy]

It was the Harwarden Forest ride on Sunday. Very good ride, easily now the best Adventure Trail Rides ride of the year imho. Great weather. Main track was very slippery but seemed in good condition. The course was run backwards for the first time in my memory. The 4 enduro's were very challenging. I suspect that's the steepest I have gone up and down, ever! Plenty of trees to catch your fall if you got it wrong! Which I did, right at the end of enduro 4 on a slippery off-camber downhill. Big tumble but little damage to bike or me fortunately. Grenville needs to take lessons from the success of this ride and apply them to more of his other rides. I saw Kickaha in the car park but didn't catch up with him: be keen to hear what he thought of the day. Also, one lap with the enduros and we were well rooted!

[Kickaha]

It's a good circuit, I haven't done it in that direction and though I could do it easily enough I'd rather the other way, only did two laps of the main, first lap the guys went out faster than I'd like, second while they were doing the same I just picked a more moderate pace and did it non stop, one of the crew somehow managed to crash and broke their clutch master cylinder off and had to ride the last 1/4 of the way out with no clutch

I watched him nearly try and and eat a tree on lap one so no surprises there, I'm a bit over riding with guys who think they have to be the fastest guy in the group

[Kickaha]

So yesterdays ADV ride didn't go so well, made some poor choices and turned the 690 into a submarine, it went about 25+ metres underwater and lucky to get it back at all

It has been running as we undrowned it at the scene, it would start but I couldn't keep it running, so an obliging hunter dropped me and the bike at Ashvegas and Brent Gregan sorted me from there
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[F5 Dave]

Bummer.

Pull every connection . Probably just water in fuel and airbox (guess you had filter removed).

Good luck.

[Kickaha]

Bummer.

Pull every connection . Probably just water in fuel and airbox (guess you had filter removed).

Good luck.

it had 1 litre of water to 4 litres of fuel in the tank, in a bike with a conventional fuel tank we might have been able to drain the water off, with the 690 it'd be dark and I'd have hypothermia before we got it done

[diesel pig]

it had 1 lite of water to 4 litres of fuel in the tank, in a bike with a conventional fuel tank we might have been able to drain the water off, with the 690 it'd be dark and I'd have hypothermia before we got it done

I was going to joke about you being hard on the gear. But I wouldn't want hypothermia either. I think you made the right choice.

[SVboy]

Whereabouts were you? Yes, I can see you were in a river.......

[SaferRides]

So yesterdays ADV ride didn't go so well, made some poor choices and turned the 690 into a submarine, it went about 25+ metres underwater and lucky to get it back at all

It has been running as we undrowned it at the scene, it would start but I couldn't keep it running, so an obliging hunter dropped me and the bike at Ashvegas and Brent Gregan sorted me from there

I hope the bike is OK. How did you get it out of that much water?



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[Kickaha]

Whereabouts were you? Yes, I can see you were in a river.......

South side of the Rangitata, we'd been up just short of Mistake flat and that was the last crossing on the way out, entirely my fault for making a series of poor decisions, reasonable good ride but a bit of boulder bashing and rough tracks


I hope the bike is OK. How did you get it out of that much water?


That was where it'd stopped floating downstream as the current got less, the guy with me took the pic just before he got it upright and then we both pushed it out

bike is stripped with fuel tank out, given all the plugs a blast of contact cleaner, I wasn't far off fitting a new pump and fuel filter this just accelerated the process


I'll take my Beta 300 next time

[dangerous]

latest vid from my 15yr old... half way through he puts the camera on me, im to old to keep up wth the wee fuker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cc0lj54rx8

[F5 Dave]

Well finally my thumb seems to be healing. But I'm missing a Trials day tomorrow as wife away. I'll be doing berm buster with new tyres.

Odd thing is rear brake stopped working in storage. Took it all apart except for caliper which wasn't leaking.
Master looking ok.

Rebuilt it with spares I had and reverse bled it with dirty big syringe.
But to no avail. Have the suspicion Beta rear calipers are positioned to hide a new moon at the top of caliper.

My Ripco vacuum bleeder had finally seized. A cheapo chinesizium one was ordered. Felt flimsy and the gauge didn't even return to zero.

But it pumped up and sucked a whole lot of bubbles out almost instantly. Kept going to be sure but lever is firm. Result.

[SVboy]

Well finally my thumb seems to be healing. But I'm missing a Trials day tomorrow as wife away. I'll be doing berm buster with new tyres.

Odd thing is rear brake stopped working in storage. Took it all apart except for caliper which wasn't leaking.
Master looking ok.

Rebuilt it with spares I had and reverse bled it with dirty big syringe.
But to no avail. Have the suspicion Beta rear calipers are positioned to hide a new moon at the top of caliper.

My Ripco vacuum bleeder had finally seized. A cheapo chinesizium one was ordered. Felt flimsy and the gauge didn't even return to zero.

But it pumped up and sucked a whole lot of bubbles out almost instantly. Kept going to be sure but lever is firm. Result.

I am well jell of you doing a Berm Buster. It looks like a fun place.

[Kickaha]

I am well jell of you doing a Berm Buster. It looks like a fun place.

I'm planning on doing one next year with friends from Taupo

[F5 Dave]

Mid winter they can be a bit severe but the track usually drains very well. Except one year when even the main track got difficult .

The new crowd keep putting new tracks in it seems.